Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the gender is unisex; and the order is random.
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Kern German, Dutch, Jewish
Means "kernel, grain, core" in Dutch, German, and Yiddish (as קערן), an occupational name for a farmer or a nickname for a physically small person. As a Jewish name, it is ornamental.
Dalusong Filipino, Tagalog, Pampangan
Means "to attack upon an enemy coming from a higher place" in Tagalog, also a Kapampangan variant of Dalusung.
Tanase Japanese
From 棚 (tana) meaning "shelf", 種 (tana) meaning "seed", 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field" combined with 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation, status", or 多 (ta) meaning "many, various" combined with 那 (na) meaning "what", that is then combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current, ripple, torrent"
Fanjoy Celtic
Such As Dales, Danes Of Ireland, From A House And Line Of What Would Be Called, Mythical.... [more]
Fukase Japanese
From the Japanese 深 (fuka) "deep" and 瀬 (se) "current, rapids, riffle".
Suwabe Japanese
A notable bearer is Junichi Suwabe, a singer and voice actor.
Gadgil Marathi
A Chitpavan Brahmin surname from the Konkan region of Maharashtra. Likely means "Holder of a Urn of water" during a Hindu ritual.
Sand English, Scottish
Derived from a short form of Alexander.
Verlaine French, French (Belgian)
Habitational name for someone from Verlaine in the province of Liège, Belgium. Paul Verlaine was a noted bearer.
Pranno Estonian
Pranno is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine nickname/given name "Pranno".
Tulloch Scottish
Scottish habitational name from a place near Dingwall on the Firth of Cromarty, named with Gaelic tulach ‘hillock’, ‘mound’, or from any of various other minor places named with this element.
Nestor Irish
Derived from the surname Mac Girr an Adhastair (sometimes shortened to Mac an Aghastair), meaning "Short man of the halter." The Mac Girr an Adhastair were associated with the local lords, the Ó Lochlainn family.
Sklorenko Ukrainian
Glassmakers son
Aćimović Serbian
A patronymic surname derived from the given name Aćim.
Lento Italian, Portuguese
Nickname from Italian and Portuguese meaning "slow".
Stungiewicz Polish
The Stungiewicz family name is recorded in history as heraldically adopted into the Polish heraldic clan Pobog. The Pobog clan was a participant in the Union of Horodlo in the year 1413 between Polish and Lithuanian interests.... [more]
Maizono Japanese
maizono means "dance park". the kanji used are 舞(mai) meaning "dance" and 園 (sono) meaning "park".... [more]
Banasiewicz Polish
Patronymic from the given name Banaś, an old diminutive of Benedykt.
Sudlow English (British)
Apparently a habitational name from an unidentified place, perhaps Sudlow Farm in Cheshire.
Fujishiro Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and shiro means "castle".
Chouraqui Judeo-Spanish
Means "the one who comes from the east" from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy) meaning "eastern".
Thạch Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Shi, from Sino-Vietnamese 石 (thạch).
Guay French
Variant of Guyet or Guet.
Diakos Greek
Meaning Deacon. Notable bearer of this name is Athanasios Diakos (1786–1821), a Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence and a national hero.
Zagazig Arabic (Egyptian)
Habitational name for someone who lived in Zagazig, Egypt.
Rahmat Arabic, Pashto, Urdu
Derived from the given name Rahmat.
Guðnadóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Guðni". A notable bearer is Icelandic musician and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir (b. 1982).
Vool Estonian
Vool is an Estonian surname meaning "current", "flow" and "stream".
Abakar Western African
From the given name Abakar.
Gordinho Portuguese
Diminutive of Gordo.
Kirilov Russian
Means "son of Kirill".
Chegwidden Cornish
From the Cornish meaning "white house".
Haruyama Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Chandra Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of various Chinese surnames such as Chen (陳), Lin (林), Xie (謝) or Zeng (曾)... [more]
Kingsleigh English
It is a variant of KINGSLEY.
Machnicki Polish
Habitational name for someone from Machnice in Wrocław voivodeship.
Mik mu Czech, Polish, Sorbian
Pet form of the given names Mikławš, Mikołaj, Mikuláš, and other variants of Nicholas.
Bourassa Indian
Seems to be an Indian name. I am in touch with a relative whose family were Pottawatomi Indians in Oklahoma. This name comes from that reservation.
Guro Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao goro meaning "teacher, instructor", ultimately from Sanskrit गुरु (guru).
Svavarsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Svavar".
Kvist Swedish
Swedish surname meaning "twig, branch".... [more]
Canada French, English
It derives from the Middle English "cane", a development of the Old French "cane", meaning cane, reed.
Podbielski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Podbielsko in Konin voivodeship.
Ammer German, English (Rare)
This surname may be derived from Middle High German amer which means "bunting (as in the bird)." As such, it is used as a nickname for someone with a fine voice or someone who is a flamboyant dresser.... [more]
Lanzo Italian
Variant of Lanza.
Alhadeff Judeo-Spanish
Possibly an occupational name for a weaver from Arabic الهداف (al-̣haddāf) meaning "the weaver's shuttle". Alternately, it may be from Arabic الهدى (al-hadā) meaning "the guided one".
Hennah Cornish
From a Cornish place name which possibly means "easeful valley" from Middle Cornish *hueth "easeful" and *tnou "valley".
Mebarak Arabic (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Arabic Mubarak.
Gisbert German
From the given name Gisbert.
Silvergrass English
From English "Silver" and "Grass". Probably given from the plant called "Silvergrass", a Miscanthus type growing in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Islands, or a field shining with the sun.
Taimsalu Estonian
Taimsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "floral/plant grove".
Giga Japanese
It might mean 儀間 "ceremonial space" spelled as 儀 (gi) meaning "ceremony, rite, righteous, etiquette" with 間 (ga) meaning "pause, between, interval". It is found mostly in the Ryūkyū Islands.
Bonaduce Italian
From the Latin phrase bona duce fortuna, "with good luck as your guide".
Keahi Hawaiian
From the given name Keahi.
Mandal Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Assamese, Odia, Marathi, Nepali
Derived either from a title given to the head of a village or from Sanskrit मण्डल (mandala) meaning "circle, wheel, disk, halo".
Quitugua Chamorro
Chamoru meaning "Knock down/tear down/cut down"
Genç Turkish
Means "young, youth" in Turkish.
Deshima Japanese
Variant reading of Dejima.
Alasi Estonian
Alasi is an Estonian surname meaning "anvil".
Ritta-apinan Thai
From Thai ฤทธิ์ (rit) meaning "power", ธา (tha), a transcription of Sanskrit धा (dhā) meaning "bearer, maintainer", อภิ (api) of unknown meaning, and นันท์ (nan) of unknown meaning.
Luijten Dutch
From the given name Luit or Luitje, a diminutive form of names beginning with the element liud "people".
Quek Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Guo.
Kalmus Estonian
Kalmus is an Estonian surname meaning "sweet flag (a waterside plant; Acorus calamus)".
Luis Spanish
From the given name Luis. Cognate to Louis and Lewis 1.
Ertaş Turkish
From Turkish er meaning "man, hero, brave" and taş meaning "stone".
Serzhantov Russian
Means "son of a sergeant".
Jayawickrama Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour".
Hermidilla Filipino (Latinized, Rare, Archaic), Italian (Latinized, Modern, Rare)
Hermidilla is originated from Batangas province in Southern Tagalog region in the Philippines during the Spanish colony.... [more]
Leconte French
from the Old French title of rank conte "count", an occupational name for a servant in the household of a count or who was one.
Truett English
English habitational name from Trewhitt in Northumbria, named from Old Norse tyri ‘dry resinous wood’ + possibly an Old English wiht ‘river bend’.
Paesüld Estonian
Paesüld is an Estonian surname meaning "ribbon/tab cord".
Ivčec Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Zaidi Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Zaid.
Brizuela Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Merindad de Valdeporres.
Westlake English (Canadian)
Combined of West and Lake.
Yamagata Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 形 (gata) meaning "shape, form" or 縣 (gata) meaning "county, district".
Mcclung Scottish (Anglicized)
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Luinge ‘son of Lunge’, a personal name probably meaning ‘seafarer’, although the literal meaning is ‘ship’, from Latin navis longa.
Herst English
Variant of Hurst
Markham English
English name from a place in Nottinghamshire, named in Old English as 'homestead at a (district) boundary', from mearc 'boundary' + ham 'homestead'. English surname used as an equivalent of Gaelic Ó Marcacháin 'descendant of Marcachán', a diminutive of Marcach (see Markey).
Regalia Italian
Means "regalia; royal rights and privileges, regality" in Italian.
Szymczuk Polish
From the given name Szymon.
Worton English
habitational name from Nether and Over Worton (Oxfordshire), Worton (Wiltshire), Worton in Aysgarth (North Yorkshire), Worton Hall in Isleworth (Middlesex), or Worton in Cassington (Oxfordshire). The placenames derive from Old English wyrt "plant, vegetable" and tun "farmstead, estate" (i.e. a kitchen garden), except for Nether and Over Worton (Oxfordshire), which derives from Old English ōra "edge, ridge" and tun.
Ploumas Greek
From the Latin word for ornament, 'pluma'.
Tükk Estonian
Tükk is an Estonian surname meaning "piece" and "segment".
Singha Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Derived from Sanskrit सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Ga Korean
Variant of Ka.
Kotani Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 (see Kōtani).
Fager Swedish
From Swedish fager, an archaic word meaning ”pretty, fair”.
Isotani Japanese
From 磯 (iso) meaning "beach, shore, seashore" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Nozawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōzawa).
Yisrael Hebrew
Means "Israel" in Hebrew, from יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl).
Hotohara Japanese
From 蛍 (hoto, hotaru) meaning "firefly" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".
Fuad Arabic, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Fuad.
Antonios Greek, Arabic
From the given name Antonios.
Sordino Literature
The surname of Melinda "Mel" Sordino, the main character of Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak (1999). Her surname was apparently derived from Italian sordino meaning "mute" or "deaf".
Saengsuwan Thai
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and สุวรรณ (suwan) meaning "gold".
Angerjas Estonian
Angerjas is an Estonian surname meaning "eel".
Domènech Catalan
From the given name Domènec.
Polgar Hungarian
Hungarian word for citizen. Taken on by Jewish Hungarians during World War Two to avoid Nazi attention for having 'Jewish' last names.
Waawaashkeshshi Indigenous American
The name Waawaashkeshshi origin is annishinabe given name it means white tailed deer
Clift English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a crevice in rock, derived from Middle English clift meaning "cleft". The American actor Montgomery Clift (1920-1966) was a famous bearer of this name.
Thomason Welsh, English
Means "son of Thomas".
Pita Spanish
Spanish and Portuguese: from Spanish, Portuguese pita ‘chicken’ or in some cases possibly from the plant pita ‘pita’, ‘American aloe’, presumably a topographic name.
Orgerii Jewish, Judeo-Provençal
Aaron Orgerii is listed in the index of names of Jews in France in the late middle ages in Heinrich Gross' book Judaia Gallica. There is also an extent copy of a deed between "the Jew Nathan Orgerii and Johannes Raynaud", written in Arles in Provence in 1366... [more]
Metallo Italian
Means "metal" in Italian, ultimately derived from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (metallon) "mine, quarry; metal". Probably a metonymic occupational name for a miner or a metalworker, or perhaps a nickname for someone with a clear, metallic tone of voice... [more]
Hick English
From the medieval personal name Hicke, a diminutive of Richard. The substitution of H- as the initial resulted from the inability of the English to cope with the velar Norman R-.
Passafiume Italian
From Italian passa fiume meaning "(one who) crosses the river", an occupational name for a ferryman.
Younghusband English
Combination of Middle English yong ”young” and husbonda ”farmer”.
Flood Irish
There are some English Flood's, but the name mainly derives from the Irish O'Taicligh or Mac an Tuile and was Anglicized to Flood, Floyd, and Tully when the Gaelic language was outlawed in Ireland by the English.
Akhlaghi Persian
From Persian اخلاق (akhlagh) meaning "morals, ethics, virtues" (of Arabic origin).
Bouras Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of the head" from Arabic أبو (abu) meaning "father" and رأس (ras) meaning "head, leader, chief".
Ehab Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Ihab.
Västrik Estonian
Västrik is an Estonian surname meaning "wagtail (bird genus: Motacilla)".
Winnykamien Polish
It is the Polish version of Weinstein
Orgussaar Estonian
Orgussaar is an Estonian surname meaning "valley island".
Amico Italian
Means "friend, companion" in Italian, possibly given as a nickname, but more likely derived from the given name Amico, or perhaps a short form of Bonamico.
Sunamoto Japanese
Suna means "sand" and moto means "origin, source, root".
Khismatullin Tatar, Bashkir
From the given name Ismatullah.
Bendtsdatter Danish (Archaic), Norwegian (Archaic)
Strictly feminine patronymic for Bendt.
Farkash Hebrew
Hebrew transcription of Farkas, famous bearer is Israeli singer and actress Amit Farkash (or Farkas)
Oit Estonian
Oit is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "õitsev", meaning "to blossom" or "to bloom".
Pelkey French (Anglicized)
Anglicized version of French surnames Peltier and Pelltier.
Chak Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhai.
Hewit English
Variant of Hewitt
Əlizadə Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əli".
Quentin English
Derived from the given name Quentin.
Faruk Bengali, Arabic
From the given name Faruq.
Lissy Czech (Americanized), Slovak (Americanized)
Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Lysý.
San Francisco Spanish
In honor of Saint Francis.
Askren English (American)
Habitational name from Askern in Campsall near Doncaster (Yorkshire).
Pehlivan Turkish
Means "wrestler, strongman" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian پهلوان (pahlavân).
Maduea Thai
Means "fig" in Thai.
Iwanari Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "stone, rock", and 成 (nari, naru, sei) meaning "become, get".
Wimalaweera Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विमल (vimala) meaning "clean, pure" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Yakoub Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.
Funaki Japanese
From Japanese 船 (funa) meaning "ship, vessel" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Feldmann Jewish
From the surname Feld combined with the German suffix mann "man"
Crockett English, Scottish
Nickname for someone who affected a particular hairstyle, from Middle English croket ''large curl'' (Old Norman French croquet, a diminutive of croque "curl", "hook").
Arands English, Spanish
Anglicized version of a name given to residents of Aranda de Duero, a small town in the north of Spain.
Abdellatif Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Latif.
Alimasag Filipino, Cebuano
Means "flower crab" in Cebuano.
Üksküla Estonian
Üksküla is an Estonian surname meaning "one village".
Telišman Croatian (Rare)
Unknown origin, probably from the word "talisman"
Pala Turkish
Means "machete, scimitar, blade" in Turkish.
Horoz Turkish
Means "rooster" in Turkish.
Hilaga Tagalog
Means "north" in Tagalog.
Kurida Japanese
From 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Welsh Scottish, English
Ethnic name for someone from Wales or a speaker of the Welsh language. Compare Walsh and Wallace.
Bacchus English
(i) Variant of Backus (meaning "one who lives in or works in a bakery", from Old English bǣchūs "bakehouse, bakery"), the spelling influenced by Bacchus (name of the Greek and Roman god of wine).... [more]
Maxfield English
Habitational name from places so named in England.
Noons French
From the Portuguese name Nunes.
Salam Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Salam.
Mcclure Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir (Scottish), Mac Giolla Uidhir (Irish), "son of the sallow lad".... [more]
Bersford English (Canadian)
Named after the city 'Bersford'... [more]
Kayan Turkish
Means "slippery, smooth, gliding" in Turkish.
Türkoğlu Turkish
Means "son of a Turk" in Turkish.
Siim Estonian
Siim is an Estonian surname (and given name); from the masculine given name "Siim", a variant of "Simon".
Tambat Marathi
Marathi form of Tamrakar.
Akinnuoye Western African, Yoruba
Means "chief warrior" in Yoruba. A famous bearer is English actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967-).
Eckland English (Rare), Norwegian (Anglicized, Rare, Expatriate), Swedish (Anglicized, Expatriate)
Possibly a variant of Ecklund. It might also be an anglicization of the rare Swedish surname Ekland or of a Norwegian name derived from several farmsteads named with eik "oak" and land "land".
Hachem Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hachem.
Ongai Shona
It is a form of the Shona name Vongai.
Helo Syrian, Lebanese
Helo is Americanized from the name Helou which means "sweet". Origin around year 1717 from El Helou. Tribal name from Helou Massive a mountain in the Syrian, later Lebanon country. Mentioned in the narratives of the first Crusade.
Jayatilleka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයතිලක (see Jayathilaka).
Borisyuk Russian
Russian transcription of Ukrainian Борисюк (see Borysyuk), meaning of "son of Boris".
Siam Thai
From Siam, a historical name for Thailand.
Sototou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 外当 or 外當 (see Sototō).
Weerawansha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වීරවංශ (see Weerawansa).
Sherpa Nepali
From the name of the Sherpa people of Nepal, India and Bhutan, itself derived from Tibetan ཤར (shar) meaning "east" and the nominalising particle པ (pa).
Namazu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鯰 (Namazu) meaning "Namazu", a division in the town of Kashima in the district of Kamimashiki in the prefecture of Kumamoto in Japan.
Hannam English
Habitational name from a place called Hanham in Gloucestershire, which was originally Old English Hānum, dative plural of hān ‘rock’, hence ‘(place) at the rocks’. The ending -ham is by analogy with other place names with this very common unstressed ending.
Pepito Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Pepito.
Balta Turkish
Means "axe, hatchet" in Turkish.
Cadogan Welsh
From the Welsh male personal name Cadwgan, literally probably "battle-scowler". Cadogan Estate is an area of Chelsea and Belgravia, including Cadogan Square, Sloane Street and Sloane Square, owned by the earls of Cadogan, descended from Charles Sloane Cadogan (1728-1807), 1st Earl Cadogan.
Win English
Variant spelling of Wynn.
Alcalde Spanish
Spanish: from alcalde 'mayor' from Arabic al-qāḍī 'the judge' a title dating from the days of Moorish rule in Spain.
Briette French
Variant of Briet.